Tag Archives: Automotive Industry
CAW study finds job gains aren’t as great as they seem
The economic recovery is leaving workers behind, while others are toiling in “survivor” jobs with low pay and little security, states a report released Monday by the Canadian Auto Workers union. The study, called the Workers Adjustment Tracking Project, followed … Continue reading
Ontario looks beyond the struggling auto sector
Ontario’s auto industry is facing ongoing consolidation with the upcoming closing of a Ford Motor Co. plant in St. Thomas in 2011. Last year, General Motors Corp. closed a light truck plant in Oshawa. Auto analyst Dennis DesRosiers, president of … Continue reading
Good news for recession-battered St. Thomas
Magna International (MGa.TO) said on Monday that it has won a contract to make the third generation of frames for General Motors Co’s [GM.UL] full-size light-duty pickups and sport utility vehicles. Magna said it would not disclose the amount of … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, Canadian economy, City of St. Thomas
The (Proudly Built in St. Thomas) Police Interceptor Is Dead. Long Live The Police Interceptor!
According to Ford, the new Police Interceptor was developed in conjunction with the automaker’s Police Advisory Board and will exceed the Crown Victoria’s abilities in performance, durability and safety. “We have heard the repeated requests from the law enforcement community … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, City of St. Thomas
A future without Ford – the new reality
By Kyle Rea St. Thomas Times-Journal As fallout continues from the news that Ford’s St. Thomas Assembly Plant will shut its doors in fall 2011, three of the biggest casualties locally — Southwold township, the Lear Seating plant and the … Continue reading
Ford turns up nose at unprecedented offer to save St. Thomas Assembly Plant
In a last-ditch effort to save the St. Thomas assembly plant, the province and Canadian Auto Workers made offers of cash and unprecedented concessions — but Ford Motor Co. said no. The province offered as much as $150 million and … Continue reading
80% of CAW Local 1520 membership vote in favour of new deal
TORONTO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ – Thousands of CAW members working at Ford facilities in Oakville, Windsor, St. Thomas and Bramalea have voted in favour of a new agreement, ratifying the deal by 83 per cent during a series of meetings … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, City of St. Thomas
A done deal – Ford to close St. Thomas plant in 2011, shed 1,400 jobs
MONTREAL — US automaker Ford Motor Co. will shutter one of its manufacturing plants in Canada in 2011, a move that will cut 1,400 jobs, the Canadian Auto Workers said Friday. As part of a cost-reduction agreement between the company’s … Continue reading
St. Thomas Assembly Plant … “it is not looking good”
The future of the St. Thomas assembly plant was discussed yesterday and the automaker repeated there is no product for the local plant after 2011, Lewenza said. The Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car are produced at … Continue reading
